Robinson made a good stop to deny Tallberg from close range early in the second period, before Panthers scored their third moments after killing a penalty as Henbrant and Ollie Betteridge combined to set-up Alexander Lunsjö (24:35). Lunsjö and Henbrant on target as Panthers continue to dominate Hugo Roy and Logan Neilson had chances for the Panthers within the opening three minutes while at the other end, Robinson made saves from Brady Norrish and Kim Tallberg.Ĭarl Neill set-up Westin Michaud at the top of the crease to put Panthers ahead (10:10) and just over three minutes later, Didrik Henbrant used his speed to race clear and feed Tyler Welsh to make it 2-0 at 13:27. Michaud and Welsh put Panthers ahead at first intermission Netminder Mike Robinson got his second start of the season, turning away 39 of the 40 shots he faced, while Rok Stojanovic was back-up.īritish youngster Zaine McKenzie made his first appearance of the campaign but Stephen Anderson was unavailable (family commitments), although he'll return ahead of the start of the new season next weekend. It means Panthers secured three wins out of four in pre-season action ahead of the start of the regular season next weekend action Manchester Storm. The Nottingham Panthers secured their second win over Coventry Blaze in as many days with a 4-1 victory at the Skydome Arena on Sunday evening. “We are looking forward to being able to stay at home tomorrow night to be ready for Nottingham Panthers and hopefully we can make a few adjustments and generate our first League win of the new schedule.□ NEXT SUNDAY: PANTHERS v STORM (4PM) - BUY TICKETS HERE □ “Having said that, I think we definitely carried enough of the play to be good for the win so certainly we are pleased to have generated the offence when we did to be able to grab some Cup points.” “It’s two pretty evenly matched teams out there with Coventry so there were shifts in momentum back and forth throughout the night,” said Paul Dixon. Taz Burman turned aside 22 of 24 shots while Taran Kozun was good on 37 of 40. It was a short-lived cushion as Coventry replied through James Shearer just over a minute later, but Flames were able to nurse the lead through the finish to get off the mark in their Cup group. He couldn’t find his spot and the game resumed at 1 apiece, but about 3 minutes from period time, Peter Crinella helped them close 40 minutes holding a slim 2-1 margin.Īfter re-start, at 45:23, Lewis Hook netted his first Cup or League goal in Flames colours, the winner as things turned out, to extend the home lead to a pair. Flames best chance to nudge in front came in the back half of the period when Turner Ripplinger was awarded a penalty shot. Just over 5 minutes in to the 2 nd, Ryan Tait was the beneficiary of a good fortune bounce that rolled its way into the back of the net to level the game at a goal each. Flames fell behind early, but recovered later in the contest to deliver their first Cup points of the new season with a 3-2 home win over Coventry Blaze.īlaze got an early strike off the stick of Tyler Kirkup, but that proved to be the only scoring in the opening frame.
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